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How to delete corrupt files

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by r.leale, 2003/12/18.

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  1. 2003/12/18
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    r.leale Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    HI All,

    Can anyone help with this problem? I have two jpeg, and one gif, files which are stopping Qimage from working, I get amessage that Qimage cannot open ..... .jpeg, or Qimage cannot open . . . .gif, and this prevents most of the other images in that folder from opening. I am using Windows XP.

    Photoshop has no problem opening these files, but I decided to delete them as they aren't too important.
    Using Explorer, or Photoshop, I try to delete these three files and get the message that they can't be deleted because they are corrupt. I am sure that I am missing something stupid, but how can I delete a corrupt file? Surely that is the kind of file that should be deleted!

    Roger
     
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    Have you tried deleting in Safe Mode? Alternatively rename them, move them elsewhere. Unlikely that they are corrupt if PS opens them - try a Save As in PS and rename them.
     
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    Pete C,

    Thanks for the advice. I fixed the problem with chkdisk, which fixed 3 file errors at least. That surprised me because Photoshop had no problems at all with the 'corrupt' files. The fix also deleted two .gif images from the folder and I don't know why!

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